Andrew Blake

Chad Wolf: White supremacists pose ‘lethal threat’

White supremacists pose the "most persistent and lethal threat" among domestic extremists on the radar of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf told senators Wednesday.

September 23, 2020

Adam Schiff says of GOP report on Hunter Biden: ‘The Kremlin must be very pleased’

Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, surmised that Senate Republicans pleased Russian President Vladimir Putin by issuing a report Wednesday about Hunter Biden.

September 23, 2020

Facebook readies for Election Day by preparing for potential violence, premature claims of victory

Facebook has prepared for a range of scenarios ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, including the eruption of violence or President Trump prematurely claiming victory, a top executive for the company said Tuesday.

September 23, 2020

Delayed election results offer chance to spread disinformation after votes are cast, feds warn

Americans should be prepared for bad actors to exploit the extra time needed to determine the results of the presidential election this November, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned Tuesday.

September 23, 2020

DOJ: Silk Road insider pleads guilty to lying to FBI about defunct online drug bazaar

A computer programmer associated with the infamous Silk Road website faces up to five years in prison for lying about his ties with the long-shuttered online drug bazaar, the Department of Justice said Monday.

September 23, 2020

Congress expands computer hacking law to cover federal election systems

President Trump faces pressure to sign his name to a bipartisan election security bill known as the Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act after Congress gave the legislation its final go-ahead Monday.

September 23, 2020

Trump envoy chides Russia for ‘miscarriage of justice’ after visiting Paul Whelan at labor camp

President Trump's envoy to Russia made a fresh call Tuesday for the country to free Paul Whelan, an American convicted in Moscow of espionage, after visiting him at a penal colony in the Republic of Mordovia.

September 22, 2020

GOP governors of Massachusetts, Vermont ask Trump to avoid rushing to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

President Trump and fellow Republicans in the Senate faced objections Saturday from within the GOP courtesy of some governors against racing to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacancy on the Supreme Court.

September 19, 2020

Tucker Carlson disputes Ruth Bader Ginsburg made dying wish for Trump not to replace her

Fox News host Tucker Carlson flatly rejected breaking news about Ruth Bader Ginsburg reported by a longtime friend of the late Supreme Court justice shortly after her death was announced Friday.

September 19, 2020

Donald Trump praises ‘great general’ Robert E. Lee again: ‘He would have won except for Gettysburg’

President Trump lumped praise on Robert E. Lee again Friday in the face of mounting efforts to remove monuments and memorials honoring the late Confederate Army general and others who fought against the Union.

September 19, 2020

Joni Ernst, GOP senator, regrets fundraising email sent about SCOTUS amid news of Ginsburg’s death

Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican, voiced regret Friday evening over a fundraising email her campaign sent to supporters moments after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was reported dead.

September 19, 2020

Schumer reacts to Ginsburg death by quoting McConnell, says next president should pick successor

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York reacted to the death Friday of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by quoting his GOP counterpart, Sen. Mitch McConnell.

September 19, 2020

Julian Assange lawyer tells court GOP congressman proposed deal to help Donald Trump

A lawyer for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange told a British court Friday that her client was offered a deal in 2017 by a Republican congressman who said he would be helping President Trump.

September 18, 2020

Joe Rogan apologizes for pushing debunked claim accusing left-wing activists of setting Oregon fires

Joe Rogan boosted a discredited rumor accusing left-wing activists of starting wildfires ravaging Oregon during the latest episode of his widely popular online podcast and video series Thursday.

September 18, 2020

Dr. Fauci defends Olivia Troye, former Pence aide now backing Biden

Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House Coronavirus Task Force had kind words for Olivia Troye, a former aide to Vice President Mike Pence, who made headlines Thursday with her denunciation of the Trump administration and endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

September 18, 2020

Claire McCaskill rips William Barr, says AG ‘needs to go into the trash bin of history’

Claire McCaskill, the former Democratic senator from Missouri, lambasted Attorney General William P. Barr early Friday and urged for an end to his tenure leading the U.S. Department of Justice.

September 18, 2020

Military police inquired about heat ray weapon prior to clearing protesters from D.C. park

Military police inquired about a heat ray weapon shortly before clearing protesters from Lafayette Square Park near the White House after the death of George Floyd, it emerged Wednesday.

September 17, 2020

Christopher Wray, FBI director: Chinese, Russian hackers pose very real threat to COVID-19 research

Foreign hackers searching for ways to steal novel coronavirus research remain a "very, very real cyber threat," FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday.

September 17, 2020

Donald Trump: Twitter ‘being studied’ for trending anti-Trump topics

President Trump accused Twitter without evidence Thursday of manipulating which topics it considers "Trending" purportedly in order to ensure negative social media posts about him are promoted.

September 17, 2020

William Barr, attorney general, likens the nationwide coronavirus lockdown to slavery

Attorney General William P. Barr said Wednesday that imposing a national stay-at-home order to combat the novel coronavirus would be "the greatest intrusion on civil liberties" in U.S. history besides slavery.

September 17, 2020